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Ethnic groups Afghanistan, in 36 editions.
The entry for Afghanistan published Ethnic groups in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 18 editions. Each is shown as published. Ethnic groups in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 18
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Ethnic divisions” (1990 to 1996) and “Ethnic groups” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024Published as “Ethnic divisions”
50% Pashtun, 25% Tajik, 9% Uzbek, 12-15% Hazara; minor ethnic groups include Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others
50% Pashtun, 25% Tajik, 9% Uzbek, 12-15% Hazara; minor ethnic groups include Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
Pashtun 50%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 9%, Hazara 12-15%; minor ethnic groups include Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and other
50% Pashtun, 25% Tajik, 9% Uzbek, 12-15% Hazara; Pashtun 50%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 9%, Hazara 12-15%; minor ethnic groups include Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others other
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%; minor ethnic groups include Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others
Pashtun 50%, 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 9%, 6%, Hazara 12-15%; 19%; minor ethnic groups include
Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and other others
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- Pashtun 38%,
- Tajik 25%,
- Uzbek 6%,
- Hazara 19%,
- minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%; 19%, minor ethnic groups include (ChaharChahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others others)
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- Pashtun 38%,
- Tajik 25%,
- Uzbek 6%,
- Hazara 19%,
- minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%, minor ethnic groups (Chahar
(Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
The same text in 1995 and 1996.
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- Pashtun 38%,
- Tajik 25%,
- Uzbek 6%,
- Hazara 19%,
- minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%,
minor ethnic groups
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
- Pashtun 38%,
- Tajik 25%,
- Uzbek 6%,
- Hazara 19%,
- minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%,
ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
- Pashtun 38%,
- Tajik 25%,
- Uzbek 6%,
- Hazara 19%,
- minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%, minor
minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
- Pashtun 38%,
- Tajik 25%,
- Uzbek 6%,
- Hazara 19%,
- minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others)
Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%,
Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%, minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others) 12%, Uzbek 6%
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
Pashtun 38%, 44%, Tajik 25%, Hazara 19%, 10%, minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others) 12%, 13%, Uzbek 6% 8%
The same text in 11 editions, 2004 to 2014.
Pashtun 44%, 42%, Tajik 25%, 27%, Hazara 10%, minor ethnic groups (Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others) 13%, 9%, Uzbek 8% 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%
The same text in 2015 and 2016.
- Pashtun,
- Tajik,
- Hazara,
- Uzbek,
- other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz)
note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan is not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai (2015)
Rewritten: too little of the 2014 text remains to mark the changes.
Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz)
note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan is not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai (2015)
- Pashtun,
- Tajik,
- Hazara,
- Uzbek,
- other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz)
note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai (2015)
Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz)
note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan is are not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai (2015)
The same text in 3 editions, 2018 to 2020.
- Pashtun,
- Tajik,
- Hazara,
- Uzbek,
- other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz) (2015)
note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai
Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, other (includes smaller numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz) (2015)
note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai (2015)
- Current reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available;
- Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pachaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities;
- Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups
Rewritten: too little of the 2020 text remains to mark the changes.
Current reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available; Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pachaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities; Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups
- Current, reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available;
- Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pachaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities;
- Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups
Current Current, reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available; Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pachaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities; Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups
- current, reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available;
- Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pachaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities;
- Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups
Current, current, reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available; Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pachaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities; Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups
The same text in 2024 and 2025.
- current, reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available;
- Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pashaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities;
- Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups
current, reliable statistical data on ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available; Afghanistan's 2004 Constitution cited Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkman, Baluch, Pachaie, Pashaie, Nuristani, Aymaq, Arab, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, and Brahwui ethnicities; Afghanistan has dozens of other small ethnic groups
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Afghanistan: Ethnic groups.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/afghanistan/ethnic-groups.